{"id":64,"date":"2012-10-07T13:19:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loreejohnson.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-03-18T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T23:49:01","slug":"sometimes-i-feel-like-such-a-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loreejohnson.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes, I feel like such a rookie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<div id=\"attachment_69\" style=\"width: 909px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/loree-johnson.artistwebsites.com\/featured\/all-my-blood-turned-to-wine-loree-johnson.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69\" title=\"All My Blood Turned to Wine\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loreejohnson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bluehour.jpg?resize=899%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Full moon over Mount Shasta\" width=\"899\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loreejohnson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bluehour.jpg?w=899&amp;ssl=1 899w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loreejohnson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bluehour.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Full moon over Mount Shasta<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>After my last couple of photo shoots, I was frustrated about all the editing I had to do to remove ugly dust spots from my photographs. I&#8217;ve only had this camera for three months. How did it get so dirty? I suppose it doesn&#8217;t matter all that much, but dirty it was. So, I did a bunch of research and ordered some supplies to clean the sensor. I&#8217;m happy to say I did it! My sensor is now spotless and ready for another photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p>So, since I am obviously not an expert at this, I will not even attempt to post a tutorial on how to do it. Instead I will share the resources that I found most helpful in venturing into this uncharted territory. First, I read <a title=\"cleaning digital sensors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a> very helpful, multi-page article on the many options available and how to use them. 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So, I did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[caption id=\"attachment_69\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"899\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/loree-johnson.artistwebsites.com\/featured\/all-my-blood-turned-to-wine-loree-johnson.html\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-69\" title=\"All My Blood Turned to Wine\" src=\"https:\/\/loreejohnson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bluehour.jpg\" alt=\"Full moon over Mount Shasta\" width=\"899\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a> Full moon over Mount Shasta[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter my last couple of photo shoots, I was frustrated about all the editing I had to do to remove ugly dust spots from my photographs. I've only had this camera for three months. How did it get so dirty? I suppose it doesn't matter all that much, but dirty it was. 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